" The magistrate's expression changed as quickly as if a gust of wind had blown his anger away. What replaced it forced me to glance away. It struck me too much as the same look Papinias got on his face when he discovered a new book to add to his ever-growing collection. "

― Tammie Painter , Domna, Part One: The Sun God's Daughter (Domna (A Serialized Novel of Osteria, #1)